Originally posted by: j0j081
xtknight as far as recommending lcds like the 2232bw you shouldn't always go by what one person says on here. the professional reviews seem to like it a lot. the only reason I wouldn't recommend it yet is because the 2253bw might turn out to be the better buy in the long run but there isn't any feedback on it yet. LCDs imo seem to be very tricky to buy. So many have something wrong right out of the box it's very annoying. I think this goes with all brands, panel types, etc.
OK yeah I know I'll be the first to admit I can be easily swayed by one post or another. I did say I would be recommending it but I didn't recommend the 2232 since the 2253 is on the horizon and initial results look good.
But nor do I think my job is easy here. So I have just been sticking with the 22"s in my OP for now. That's partly because I am too quick to add things sometimes. I'm still indifferent about the 2232 right now but I really don't like the lottery situation or backlight issues I've heard about, or the input lag. Whether the other ones have these issues I really don't know. It is difficult to keep track of all the models. But I sure never hear too many problems from those depts. It's always people with the Samsungs/lotteries complaining about various issues and each time I hear that I feel less like recommending them. It is just nature, I guess. Speaking of which, I still don't see any more convincing pro reviews of the 2232BW (not even the S panel). I wish X-Bit would take a look at it, or THG would take a look at the C panel because this monitor in particular is a problem case.
I do realize DigitalVersus/LesNum has said they were the same after the profiles but without data I'm not really convinced of that. And I sure do here a lot of complaints about the C panel still.
Ideally I'd have the funds to pick one up locally and try it and solve the mystery for good, although anyone knowledgeable is free to evaluate the 2232BW the same way. Even if I don't feel like it deserves to be on the list, I am not preventing people from trying it. I think other LCDs are about as good (for MOST people) and much less troublesome. Most people don't want to bother with color profiles or probably have no idea what they are. I won't even mention the fact you can't use profiles on games in 99% of cases, nor movies at least half the time. Forget hooking up external devices. Removing the blue tint has been said by many to be very tough and impossible thru the OSD. That means the profile probably clips a significant amount of bit depth to accomplish such a task, limiting the amount of detail possible. Anyway the 2232BW's input lag seems very high compared to the 226BW, so I don't really see anything about the 2232BW that actually stands out. Even ergonomics are reduced. The response time is actually very good (albeit slower than 226BW by a tad), but better than the other 22"s? Hardly...
When it comes to panel homogeneity/uniformity I'd highly doubt 2232BW CMO panels differ from what ViewSonic gets for the VX2255. The VX2255 has at least "good" uniformity:
http://prad.de/en/monitore/rev...c-vx2255wmb-part8.html
Any more uniform (if such is the case with the 2232BW), frankly I don't think most people would be able to tell the difference. My LCD26 performs very similarly if not worse and that's the way I use it most of the time (I could enable ColorComp but it reduces contrast). If CMO has had a couple bad apples lately, that means poor results for most 2232BW owners in the US, and VX2255 owners, so mostly equal ground.
The VX2255 seems to equal the 2232BW in every way except maybe for design. The response time difference is quite minimal as far as I can tell. Maybe 5 ms or so, and the VX has less input lag overall, almost surely superior for gaming. No overdrive, so guaranteed no inverse ghosting/burning/etc on the VX. And I'm comparing this to 2232BW (S) panel.
The VX2255's color accuracy is equal to if not
better than a 2232BW(S) [check
grayscale compare on DigitalVersus]. And you can actually get this kind of accuracy all the time.
The response, true, is a little faster on the 2232BW panels but the difference is probably quite minimal in real use.
This is all moot though since the 2232BW is out of stock everywhere I see on Froogle. If people had access to one I'd probably be recommending the VX2255wmb anyways just because I'm more confident doing so.
I hope this answers your question. Sorry if it got a little lengthy. Other alternatives to the 2232BW include the very-soon upcoming L227WT and 2253BW. Nothing wrong with a L226WTQ/L226WTY either.
Since it comes up a lot I hope this post serves as my official, in-depth stance on the 2232BW. It's probably not a bad choice but as long the VX2255 is knowingly as good/better at about same $, I'm not compelled to recommend it.